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Your ShowNews from Dubai Airshow.
ShowNews: Dubai Airshow
Show analysis, on-site reports and more.
Welcome to your enhanced digital of ShowNews by Aviation Week Network. Below you'll find a roundup of the biggest news and exclusive insights from the Dubai Airshow.
 
 
IN TODAY'S SHOWNEWS
 
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Jens Flottau

Replacing aging Boeing 747Fs is a key part of the A350F market, Airbus believes.
 
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Guy Norris

After recent input from both commercial and cargo airline customers, Boeing has been encouraged to stretch the 777-8 baseline and may now use this design as the basis for the 777XF.
 
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Thierry Dubois, Steve Trimble, Tony Osborne

On day 1 of our podcast from the Dubai Airshow our defense editors discuss ballistic missile protection for the region, and is Russia’s Sukhoi starting a trend in aviation-related perfumes?
 
Guy Norris

Making its international airshow debut at Dubai, Boeing’s first 777-9 is open to visitors and appearing in the flying display. Following its appearance at Dubai the aircraft is expected to travel back to the U.S. via Qatar and Germany for customer demonstrations.
 
Russian aerobatic demonstration team, the Russian Knights, performed a balletic display of aerobatic prowess across the blue skies of Dubai and delighted delegates on day one of the Gulf region's airshow.